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say it: AHY-tuhm
item is a noun and adverb meaning "a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list". It is pronounced /ˈaɪtəm/ — AHY-tuhm. It carries 6 recorded senses.
a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
“he noticed an item in the New York Times”
“she had several items on her shopping list”
“the main point on the agenda was taken up first”
a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
“it was perfect in all details”
a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection
“they reduced the price on many items”
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
“several of the details are similar”
“a point of information”
an individual instance of a type of symbol
“the word `error' contains three tokens of `r'”
(used when listing or enumerating items) also
“a length of chain, item a hook”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for item come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.